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Cheating my Housemates out of the best room

Hi,

Me and five of my friends are gonna be moving into a house for our second year of uni this summer. Basically all the rooms are generally ok but one is tiny and one is massive. We haven't actually decided on how we're gonna allocate rooms. But I really don't want the tiny one, and I really do want the big one.

I'm thinking of just moving some of my stuff in early to take the best room but clearly I can see that this has the potential to cause a slight problem. Given that nothing has actually been sorted out yet, is it acceptable to pull this trick. Especially given that they have had 6 months to sort out something, and they all f****d up the rent so we have to move in later than expected.

Has anyone had any experiences similar to this????

Reply 1

~nat~

1

Why don't you just decide fairly, i.e. draw straws?
To pacify the person who ends up with the tiny room, why don't you propose that they swap with whoever gets the biggest room halfway through the year?

Reply 2

loopymeg

13

Personally, I would say that you shouldn't be so greedy, and should make it fair. Draw straws, or use a coin toss. Then there's no arguments.

Reply 3

aleathiel

16

taking the biggest room like that isnt fair and I wouldnt be surprised if you end up with none of them talking to you and/or kicking you out so do it fairly and as others suggested use straws!

Reply 4

98cesc

OP

Kicking me out. That's going a bit to far. They can't kick me out of a house that I have a contract for.

I might not take the biggest room. But I really really really don't want the box room. You have no idea how small it really is. I'm 6"3 as well so it would be a complete nightmare. Drawing straws is just too random.

Reply 5

aleathiel

16

ok I get what you mean but cheating them out of the big room isnt fair either, you should talk it over with them, unless you already have? How tall are the rest of them?

sorry to have sounded so harsh before btw :redface:

Reply 6

98cesc

OP

They are all short. One of them seriously short. It doesn't have to be the biggest room, but the box room would be a disaster. I won't be able to handle that.

Reply 7

aleathiel

16

yeah I get u, I have the box room in my house with a bunk bed in it, while my 9 year old brother has the biggest room with a double bed, so I get what u mean about box rooms :smile:

Reply 8

kinkajou

15

you could move in early, without taking the biggest room or the box room? but suggest before anyone knows who they are that the person in the small and person with the big rooms swap half way through, even if none of them are you. that way it wont look selfish, and you def wont end up with the small room for a whole year!

Reply 9

Sephiroth

18

98cesc

Kicking me out. That's going a bit to far. They can't kick me out of a house that I have a contract for.

I might not take the biggest room. But I really really really don't want the box room. You have no idea how small it really is. I'm 6"3 as well so it would be a complete nightmare. Drawing straws is just too random.

That's the whole point. Why should you have more right to a certain room than someone else? Offer to pay more of the rent if you want the big one.

Reply 10

98cesc

OP

I don't want the big one. I just really don't want the small one.

Reply 11

akash_a

Yeh - I think the easiest is to set a difference in the share of the rent, like the person who bids the most for the largest room gets it. That way everyone wins as the others dont have to pay as much.

Reply 12

Sephiroth

18

I don't think anyone will want the small one. I like that idea of small swap with big half way through, but it sounds like a pain in the ass when the time comes.

Reply 13

CamSPSer

98cesc

Hi,

Me and five of my friends are gonna be moving into a house for our second year of uni this summer. Basically all the rooms are generally ok but one is tiny and one is massive. We haven't actually decided on how we're gonna allocate rooms. But I really don't want the tiny one, and I really do want the big one.

I'm thinking of just moving some of my stuff in early to take the best room but clearly I can see that this has the potential to cause a slight problem. Given that nothing has actually been sorted out yet, is it acceptable to pull this trick. Especially given that they have had 6 months to sort out something, and they all f****d up the rent so we have to move in later than expected.

Has anyone had any experiences similar to this????

98cesc

I don't want the big one. I just really don't want the small one.

No offence but would you want to live with someone who acted in the way that you are proposing?
But anyway, presumably you will all be paying the same amount of rent? Why don't you explain to them why you don't want to have the box room, whoever gets the box room has a proportion of the rent (say 10% or a tenner) taken off their rent and the person with the biggest room pays that extra. Thus whoever gets the smallest room doesn't feel hard done by if you do straws or someone might genuinely want it to save some cash

Reply 14

amie

14

Personally, I wouldn't want to live with someone willing to screw me over to (I don't believe you when you say that's not what you want, or else you wouldn't specifically consider moving into that room early).

Pull straws for God's sake, if you do end up with the crap room then c'est la vie. At least your friends won't think you're a dick.

Reply 15

98cesc

OP

The only reason I would consider moving into the big room is to prove a point cos they screwed everything up with the rent, as I said before.

Personally, the fact that someone would go to such a length to avoid the crap room would not stop me from wanting to live with them or ruin our friendship since there are much bigger issues in life than that.

But I'm also talking about the fact that they've also had 6 months to sort out rooms and I've tried to get it done but no-one else can be bothered. At some point I'm gonna need to move some of stuff in. So something has to be done.

Reply 16

amie

14

98cesc

Personally, the fact that someone would go to such a length to avoid the crap room would not stop me from wanting to live with them or ruin our friendship since there are much bigger issues in life than that.

Yes, like trust. How can you trust someone who would, in their own words, "cheat" their friends? Jesus, if you'd cheat someone out of something as petty as a room who knows what else you might do?

As you said, there are bigger issues in life than rooms in a house, so suck it up, pull straws and accept whatever you get given. If you want to act like an adult, explain to them that you're pissed that they messed up the rent and leave it at that. There's no need for revenge or to 'prove a point' (although I can't see how getting the big room would prove anything).

As far as getting something done is concerned, you're just going to have to push really hard for everyone to get of their arses and sort something out fairly. Laziness on their part doesn't really justify you 'cheating' them out of a particular room.

Reply 17

Sephiroth

18

98cesc

Personally, the fact that someone would go to such a length to avoid the crap room would not stop me from wanting to live with them or ruin our friendship since there are much bigger issues in life than that.

What would make me laugh is if one of them sees this thread and they all decide to move in early leaving you with no option but that small room. That would teach a valuable lesson.

Reply 18

98cesc

OP

Trust me these aren't the kind of people who spend much time on the net. Plus I'm bigger than the other 5 blokes so we can fight it out if need be LOL!!!

Reply 19

NViasko

loopymeg

Personally, I would say that you shouldn't be so greedy, and should make it fair. Draw straws, or use a coin toss. Then there's no arguments.

Kudos.

Cheating my Housemates out of the best room

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